Fishing Report

Friday

May 3, 2013 at 5:21 PMMay 3, 2013 at 5:24 PM

The bream are biting on Lake D'Arbonne.

Glynn Harris

BLACK BAYOU — Bream are bedded and hitting worms and crickets. A few crappie are being caught on jigs around grass and trees. Bass are fair on lizards. For latest information, contact the Honey Hole at 323-8707.

CANEY LAKE — Bluegills are getting on the beds and a good many are being caught on crickets and worms. Catfishing has been good on cold worms and liver. Bass fishing is fair to good with most already moving from the shallows to the humps. Yellow Magic topwaters and lipless crank baits are picking up some fish. Crappie are around the tops in 18-20 foot water and hitting Bobby Garland Baby Shad jigs with a Crappie Nibble added. For more information, call the Honey Hole at 323-8707.

CHENIERE LAKE — Bream fishing has been good on worms and crickets. Bass are litting floating worms, lizards and small white spinner baits. Crappie are scattered and have been best on Beetle Spins. Call the Honey Hole at 323-8707 for more information.

LAKE CLAIBORNE — Some crappie are still shallow while some are moving to the tops in deeper water. Shiners and jigs are picking up some fish. Bream fishing is improving daily around bedding areas on worms and crickets. Bass are fair while the stripers are starting to school. Some catfish are being caught below the spillway on cold worms, cheese or blood bait below floating jugs. For latest information, call Tim Lofton at Kel’s Cove at 927-2264.

LAKE D’ARBONNE — Some of the crappie have spawned and moved out to the deeper sloughs while some are still in the process of spawning in the shallows. Some fair catches have been made around deeper trees on shiners or jigs. Bass are in and out of the shallows with some caught on Rogues, lizards and spinner baits. The bream are on the beds and lots are being caught on crickets and worms. Catfishing is good on cold worms around the lake. For latest information, call Anderson’s Sport Center at 318-368-9669.

OUACHITA RIVER — Small to medium sized bass are being caught around the cuts on finesse worms and Rogues. Crappie are around brush in 8-10 foot water. Bream are just starting to bed. For current information, call the Honey Hole at 323-8707.

LAKE POVERTY POINT — Crappie fishing has been best on shiners or jigs fished on the south end around the oxbows. Catfish are good on cut shad and cold worms while the bream are moving to the beds. Bass to 8 pounds have been caught on jigs and soft plastics. For latest reports, call Poverty Point Marina at 318-878-0101.

LAKE ST. JOHN — Fishing is improving around the lake with bass hitting on top early and late, bream are on the beds and some fair catches of crappie have been reported. Some hybrid stripers have been caught on lipless crank baits. Call Doug Miller or Ken Mahoney at (318-757-0013) for latest reports and fishing conditions.

LAKE YUCATAN — The water is over the road and still rising making fishing on the lake virtually impossible. For latest information on when Surplus City Landing will reopen, call James Lachney at 318-498-1038.